Why Do People Use Venmo? Check the Emojis.
The classic use case for peer-to-peer payments is splitting a check -- it's straightforward, easy to understand, and the people...
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Hot Hashtag: Let’s Talk About #Funding
There’s been a lot of chatter in the finech space about #funding lately—it’s an important area for all businesses, no...
Fintech Unicorn pain as the public/private valuation inversion comes to an end
Image source # 6 on our Fintech Predictions for 2016: The strange inversion we saw in 2015, when private companies...
Back Office 2.0 using Blockchain promises Business Process Elimination (BPE)
Image source That is why the Blockchain session at SIBOS Singapore last year was standing room only and at SIBOS...
HomeSend Remittance Program Targets Mobile to Battle Cash in Ethiopia
Earlier this week it was announced that HomeSend—a joint venture of Mastercard, eServ Global, and BICS that works to ease...
Breaking Banks: Cardmageddon!! [AUDIO]
On this episode of Breaking Banks, host Brett King is joined by fintech blogger Dave Birch to talk about "Cardmageddon,"...
Australia more “fintech-ready” than some European peers – TransferWise
Often touted as a niche industry, this author is seeing early signs that mass-acceptance of fintech providers by consumers and...
Bitcoin Is Currency Now. Or Not. Or Yes?
Yes, I am using this meme, moving on: yesterday CoinDesk reported that New York Federal Judge Alison Nathan ruled that...
Wells Fargo Scandal and the Creative Destruction 7 Act Play
Image source My eyes usually glaze over at headlines about Banks getting fined for yet another scandal. Yawn, just a...
Mastercard Send, Visa Now Powering Stripe Instant Payout
Mastercard Send will now be the payment rails behind Stripe’s instant payout feature along with Visa, it was announced today...
